This study examined the relationship between self-reports of hospital culture and indicators of work satisfaction and engagement, perceptions of hospital functioning and quality of nursing care, and psychological well-being of nursing staff in Turkish hospitals. It represents the first study of its kind. Data were collected from 224 staff nurses using anonymously completed questionnaires, a 37%...

There are quite a number of published papers dealing with impacts of Chinese culture on IT practices. Although they contribute to a better understanding of the phenomenon, their findings are fragmented and not systematic. The aim of this paper is to address this inadequacy by contributing to a fuller picture. We do an exhaustive literature study of published referred papers in this area. We use...

Three different fluorescence spectra were recorded following excitation at 250 nm (aromatic amino acids+nucleic acids), 270 nm (tryptophan residues) and 316 nm (NADH) for 25 strains of bacteria in dilute suspensions. Evaluation of the spectra using principal component analysis and hierarchical clustering showed a good reproducibility from culture to culture and a good discrimination of the bact...

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE To assess the extent to which the organizational culture of physician group practices is associated with individual physician satisfaction with the managerial and organizational capabilities of the groups. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Physician surveys from 1997 to 1998 assessing the culture of their medical groups and their satisfaction with six aspects of group practice. Orga...

AIM To determine the transcriptional proximity of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells grown under different culture conditions and native RPE. METHODS ARPE-19 cells were grown under five conditions in 10% CO(2): "subconfluent" in DMEM/F12+10% FBS, "confluent" in serum and serum withdrawn, and "differentiated" for 2.5 months in serum and serum withdrawn medium. Native RPE was laser microdis...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious chronic disease and an important public health issue. This study aimed to identify the predominant culture within the Palestinian Primary Healthcare Centers of the Ministry of Health (PHC-MoH) and the Primary Healthcare Centers of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (PHC-UNRWA) by using the competing values framework (...

The low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor p75 is a stratified epithelial stem/progenitor marker of human epithelia. We found OM-1, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) line, showed distinct cells with cluster, especially located at the center growing colony in monolayer culture. A cluster was surrounded by cytokeratin 14- and 13-expressing that settled outer margin colony. OM-1 were also capable f...